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Vtll G3MIT STATUE PATRIOTIC CITIZENS OF PHILA DELPH1A HONOR THE HERO. Preeidant McKlnlay and Party of Official Present to Wltnaaa tha Ceremonloe. Philadelphia, Ma; Z.ln the presence Of President McKinley and his wife. members of hi cabinet, three genera ttons of General Ulysses S. Grant's fam ily, and a great crowd of people. Miss Rosemary Sartor is, granddaughter of General Grant, unveiled a heroic eques trian statue of her Illustrious grand father In Fairmount park. Although the day was not a holiday In honor of the event, there was a great outpouring of patriotic citizens. All the ships in the harbor were gaily dressed In color. This city each year commem orates the birthday of General Grant, but never did it celebrate as it did this year. President McKinley and Mrs. McKln ley enjoyed themselves immensely dur. ng their outing. Everywhere they were warmly greeted by the people, both of them graciously responding. The pres ident showed no signs of his recent slight indisposition. Next to the president and his wife, Mrs. Grant and Miss Sartoris shared the attention of the people, and they, too, were cheered everywhere they were recognizd. Th unveiling was a great success in every way. Not an accident marred the occasion nor was there a hitch at any time during the ceremony. The statue Is the gift of the Fairmount Park Art association to the people of Philadel phia. The gallant little cruiser Raleigh, now lying in the Delaware river oft this city, was not lost sight of during the unveil ing ceremonies. The only active part the cruiser took in the ceremonies of the day was the firing of a salute as the monument was unveiled. The ceremonies of the day bejgan at 12:30 p. m., when the presidential party arrived at the Broad street station of the Pennsylvania railroad from Wash ington. The party came in a special train. STRIKES AND MAILCARS IN CUBA Sure 8lgns of American Influences in the Island. Havana, May 2. The multiplication of labor strikes demonstrates the quick root American ideas are taking in Cuba. A week or two ago the employes of the United States railroads of Havana struck for higher wages, but military exigencies soon broke the tieup. In Cienfuegos tha, stevedores quit work and secured a higher rate of wages. At all the piers except that used by the quartermaster's department in Ha vana there have been half a dozen mi nor labor disturbances, which seem to have culminated in two new strikes, one by the longshoremen at the big San Jose wharf and the other by the employes of the Havana Water Works company. In both cises the strikers are holding out for a material increase in wages. The Cuban mall service is also becom ing highly Americanized. Letter boxes of the American model still frustrate native efforts to solve their mechan ism, tbe letter carriers are soon to don a uniform which will rival those of the custom house employes and municipal police. Early In May another innova tion la to be tried a special mall car, with all the modern conveniences for collection and distribution en route. At present the railway mail clerk has to do hia work on the bench of a second class car. , AMERICA TO LET CHINA ALONE Postmaster General Smith Doaar't Expect Any Alliances Chicago, May 2. Postmaster Genera Charles Emory Simtn was In Chicago en hia way to Galena, where he will peak at the Grant memorial exercises. Mr. Smith aald: 'This nation does not need an alliance, political commercial or military, with any foreign power that exleta. I believe that the Amer ican people themselves feel this; feel that we are able to stand alone and cope with any problem that confronts aa. "Aa to the Filipinos, the UnitedStates to fighting them now to secure peace. That la the only object of the present campaign Aa to what will be done With them afterward, the American people will settle that question them, eelvea. and the executive and legisla tive branches will follow the behests af tbe pcope. "Are we going to aid England in Chi na)? Not that I know oi. The United State has trade Interests there and these will be protected. Beyond that I do not expect that we will have any extraordinary Interest in China's trou- ; A Newro Biehop'e Warning. Maw York, May 1 At the annual con ference of the African M. E. Church In Jersey City, Bishop Waltera spoke on Hat recent burning at the stake of tha i Hoee, at Palmetto, Oa. The erted that the charge of as- pat forward In Juetlflcatlon of jCm treatmeat of Hoaa waa unfounded rt woarid aooa ha abown to be falae. 1 warned the wfcttea of the north that U tfta atrial of tha south were not , fair ti eaimasu a race war wobm f 2fta Journal: "That hay of - V r a le aarvy aaiaar, ; jaw vm eta u t which (J(i aiiar AMERICAN London Papar Glvaa Tham Cradlt For Remarkable Pert ormancee. London, May t. The Dally Mall, Preference to the victory of tha Americana in the Philippines, aays The Americans are to be eon rratulated upon the victory which they have won at Calumplt. Now, at last, it looks as if the back of the Filipino resistance had been broken. English men will be particularly glad of this fact, as they alone appreciate the full extent of the difficulties which their cousins have to contend with. The victory is all the more welcome and all the more grateful to us be :ause we have been watching with deep Interest the efforts of a political party in the United States to humiliate the nation and the government by persuad Ing them to a disgraceful and cowardly retreat. This party Is insignificant In strength and influence but what it lacks In thla direction it makes up for by its lung power. It has gone to the length of en deavoring to induce American volun teers to demand their recall in the face of the enemy. To the eternal credit of these volunteers be It said that few have acted upon this treacherous and unpatriotic instigation. The American people may well be proud of their soldiers. By the very nature of things volunteers are not th troops best fitted for work at a great distance from their country or for a tedious protracted and harassing strug gle with an uncivilized foe in a trop ical climate. But the valor and de termination of volunteers and regulars have been such that they have not once been worsted in a battle. If Aguinaldo has a head on his shoul ders he will see that the time has corns for him to submit to the inevitable. RETURN OF FIRST NEBRASKA. Melkeljohn Says ReglmenCWUI Sail Between May 25 and June lO. Lincoln, May 2. In response to a tel egram of Inquiry made by the World- Herald to Assistant Secretary of War Melkiejohn as to the time that the First Nebraska is to start for home. a reply was received from him stating that "I have to advise you that the reg- ment will sail from Manila between the 25th prox. and June 10." Thus allowing thirty-five days for falling, five days for quarantine at San Francisco and thirty days in camp pending the final arrangements for tha mustering out, makes It probable that the First Nobraska will be out of the army about the middle of August. In the event that the regiment is returned to Nebraska for muster out it means that it will get here about the middle Df July, but If retained at or near th seaport, as was the Third Nebra&ka, II will be near August 15 before the boyi are here. When the regiment is mustered out each of the men will receive sixty days' pay in advance, that amount being now illowed for soldiers who left tn United States. This, with the month's pay then accrued, will make the salary due- i :o each enlisted man range from Jib.SC '.or a private to $90 for a first sergeant, nd if mustered out at San Francisco t means travel pay for nearly 100 aays, 3T one day's pay and commutation ol rations for each twenty miles. This would then add from $77 to $125 to each ma's pay In preference to being muster ad out in Nebraska. Colton Deprived of His Job, Washington, D. C, May 2. WhiU Tudge Norris of Nebraska will not be appointed collector of customs at Ma nila, he will be given a place In the service. This statement was made by assistant Secretary of War Melkle john The announcement that Lieutenant Colonel Colton bad declined the colonel cy of the First Nebraska because of bis services in the customs house has no significance for tne war department. Orders nave already gone out to fill hl place with an officer ol the regular ser vice above the rank of captain. This order has been Issued to General Otis, who by this time has probably ap pointed Lieutenant Colonel Colton'i successor. The policy of the wtr department li to fill all the offloes of customs collec tors in Porto Rico, Cuba and the Phil. Ipplnes with army officers. No civil lana will be considered eligible. Ai Colonel Colton will be mustered out ol the service with his regiment in June he la practically on a line with civil, lana, and therefore aa not been con sidered. To Clear tha Country. Washington, D. C, May 2. It la aald now that while It is part of the plan ol Lawton, moving westward from Norxav garay, to take the rebels In the rear t Calumplt and crush them between hia own force and that of MacArthur, thai auch waa not the only force of hia ex pedition. The principal object was to clear tha country back to the foothills of the nu merous amall bodies of Inaurgenta who have been harrying the country and making life miserable for the American troops by forays at unexpected times and placea. It la believed that General Lawton haa fully succeeded in thla, and that when he haa effected a Juncture with Mac Arthur north of Calumplt it will be pea. ibla to establish a comparatively short line of worka across tbe country and prevent the return of the inaurgenta from tha north. Chicago, May 1 Frank V. Balling, who brought ault agalnat W. C. Fucht and Dr. Otto L, Schmidt of thla city for tha loan of a leg burned while Ball ing waa aader the X-ray for treatment, waa allowed SIMM damages by a Jury fta the circuit court today. FUIISTOH IS THE HERO DASHING KANSAS HERO PER FORMS HEROIC FEAT. Croasoe tha River on Rafta and Laada a Brilliant and Reelet laas Charge. Manila, P. I. (Special by Carrier Pig eon from the Front.) Colonel Frederic Funaton of the Twentieth Kansas vol unteera la the hero of Calumplt. H croaaed the Rio Grande river this morn ing with a email force, after a brilliant but unsuccessful attempt last night, flanked the insurgents and drove them from the strong position they held. Colonel Funston's attempt to get over last night failed because the barking of dogs disclosed the movement to the enemy on the opposite side. The American and insurgent lines were sep arated only by the width of the rivet 100 yards. There was a constant scat tering fire. When night came on Colonel Funston made a daring attempt to surprise the insurgents. His plan was to lead fif teen men across the bridge under cover of darkness and surprise and attack the nsurgents. The bridge Is long and much exposed. Colonel Funston sent Corporal Fer guson of company E of the Kansas volunteers to reconnoiter the bridge. The corporal stripped and crawled on the girders to within twenty feet of the opposite shore. The Insurgent sentry approached within ten feet of him without discovering his presence. Fur geson reported that the plan was im practicable because the rails having been removed, walking would be dan gerous and the wounded would fall into the river. In other respects than the oss of tbe rails the bridge was Intact. TO SURPRISE THE ENEMY. Colonel Funston then decided to lead 120 men across the river a mile to the westward and enfilade the insurgents. His purpose was to surprise and rout them. Eight companies of Kansas vol- unteers furnished the detail. The march was down the river bank. But it was moonlight and the barking of dogs be trayed the American activity. A heiivy fire followed from the insurgent artil lery, and the attempt to cross was nec essarily abandoned. At 10 o'ekk this morning Colonel Funston determined to endeavor tu cross the stream in the face of the en emy's fire, land west of the Insurgent trenches and by an enfilading fire dis lodge them. With 120 of the Kansas men he went to a point on the river sev. eral hundred yards from the bridge, where two privates, White and Trem- ly, swam with a rope to the opposite hore. They landed and attached the rope to a portion of the insurgent rench. In the meantime the remalndei of the detachment kept up a vigorou fire, which was directed toward the in surgent trenches, while the artlllerr maintained a tremendous bombardment White and Trembly were thus partly protected from the Insurgents' fire. Sev eral Insurgents were in the trench at the point where the men landed, but they were terror-stricken and fled when the two Americans began yelling. RAFTS CARRY THEM ACROSS. Colonel Funston then sent two men In a boat across the river, with the clothes and rifles of White and Trem bly, but the boat was capsized. The men swam ashore, losing all the con tents of the boat. Three rafts loaded with fifty men then crossed fhe river under a heavy but inaccurate Insur gent fire, and Immediately advanced upon the trenches, driving the 'nir gents forward until Interrupted by 1 mall but deep stream flowing 'nto the Rio Grande. ?on yards west of the rail, wsv. where the heaviest trenches ar located. Here the Insurgents attempted to check the Americans, using Vaxim euns. which obliged Colonel Funston' small forre to retire. ' Immediately afterward. however Colonel Fnniton. with Captain Orpg nd eight rrfen, crossed the small stream !n a boat. They charged upon the trenches, where ar Immense forces ol Insurgent, completely terrified. Began n break. Colonel Funston. yelling and shouting, dashed up to th railway and the Montana and Kansas troops at one began crossing the bridge with Genera Wheaton, the bridge being no longei protected by the insurgents' fire. APALIT BURNED Apallt. the next town from Calumplt was burned, the Americans, with the remainder of Wheaton's and Hale's brl jades advancing and occupying the rail way station. During the engagement the Utah bat tery, the Sixth artillery and the Mon tana and Kansas regiment did th most effective work, but In pursuing thf retreating Insurgents the South Dakota Nebraska and Iowa volunteers moved acrosa the river and performed excel lent service. The Insurgents lost between thirty and fifty killed, aa nearly aa I can Judge. The Americana loat two killed one being killed early In the morning and several wounded. Many casea of heat prostration oc curred, but the entire operation bad been completed by midday. A quantity of the Insurgents' arm and ammunition waa captured. Thla evening the American troops re main on the north bank of the Rlc Grande, with their outpoeta reaching to Apallt. A fearful thunder storm occurred at I o'clock. General MacArthur la greatly pleased with the result of the operation, giving high praise to Colonel Funaton. While not a bloody engagement, Oeneral Mac Arthur conaldera It one of the moat brilliant and daahlng In history- Tha nature of future operation! la anknowa. For tha present. It la asaur. ad. tha troops will remain In Bio Oraada tNMN uatu uta snoge w repaired. Osloaet Fuaatea haa bean overcome hy tha kaaX JOB T. BASS, j PAYMENTS FOR PROTECTION. Stamp Counterfeiter Telle of Hia Dealings with tha Lawyara. Philadelphia, Pa.. May I. Former United States District Attorney Ellery P. Ingham and Harvey K. Newitt, who waa Ingham'a assistant, were arraigned before United Statea Commissioner Ed munds on the charge of attempting to bribe Secret Service Operative Wil liam J. McManua In connection with the Jacobs-Kendig-Taylor-Bredell rev enue stamp counterfeiting conspiracy. The bearing took place in the ' United States circuit court room. William L. Kendig, the Lancaster to bacco manufacturer, waa the first wit ness. He identified Mr, Ingham and aald he first met him January 31. At that time witness said that he (witness) waa making counterfeit stampa of the denomination of fifty cigars. William M. Jacoba, he aald, waa associated with him In this business. He said also that Arthur Taylor had engraved the plate with the assistance of Baldwin S. Bre dell. Kendig said on the occasion of his first visit to Mr. Ingham's office he had questioned Mr. Ingham regard ing the latter's acquaintance with Se cret Service Operatives Burns and Me Manus, asking the lawyer whether or not he thought they were corrupt or corruptible. Ingham, witness said, de manded a retainer and received $j0. Kendig then detailed to Ingham, a he said, the whole story of the bogus reve nue stamps and also Informed him that he and Jacobs were In possession of the "Monroe head" $100 counterfeit silver certificate. Witness Bald he told Ingham that he believed the secret service agents were after him and Jacobs, and he wanted to find some way of forestalling them, even to paying the agents a certain sum for two years if necessary. INGHAM ASKS FOR TIME. Ingham asked for time to consider the case. He told the witness that he knew a boy who was a "natural born sneak" and would employ him to learn if the story witness told him was true Kendig gave him $15 for the boy's ex penses. About February 2 wilnese again saw Ingham and he asked foi $j00 as an additional fee. Witness gave him $250 on account and money for the boy's expenses. On February 11 Jacob! accompanied Kendig to Mr. Ingham'! office. Jacobs asked Ingham If he real ly believed Burns and McManus were corrupt. He thought McManus whh. Ingham had previously mentioned a Richard J. Lennon, an ex-pollce mag istrate, as being likely to approach Mc Manus. Four days later Ingham told witness his plan for reaching McManus n ronsisiea or taxing mm to the I nlun league, treating hirn to a dinner and wine so the secret service man might be made communicative. He asked the witness what amount of money he could pay if the secret service me were held off fur a year. Witness said he and Jacobs could contribute about $3,000 a month. On a later occasion. February 18, Mr. Ingham informed KendSg that he had a friend who would approach McManus, but he must have i'M in advance and $M0 immediately after he had com pleted his work. Kendig paid Ingham 1600 for this unknown man. Up to that time Harvey K. Newitt had not been known In the case. Judge Butler had resigned from the bench ol the United States court and Kendig in quired of Mr. Ingham who was likely to be his successor. Ingham answer ed that Newitt, his law partner, was a possible candidate. Witness further testified that he was summoned to Mr. Ingham's residence on February 26. Ingham then told him that hia man. who was designated as No. 3, had met McManus, but nothing had been accomplished. On March 7 Kendig waa Informed by Mr. Ingham that No. 2 had seen Agent McManus The witness aald he had learned that the secret service was Investigating from Samuel B. Downey, at that time deputy Internal revenue collector at Lancaster, and that he so told Mr. Ing ham. PAYMENTS TO INGHAM. Ingham, he said, told him that Mc Manus wanted $500 a month, but that Burns wanted $1,000. Then Ingham and No. 3 would require $500 a month each. For this Jacobs and Kendig were guar anteed immunity from Interference for the thirty days succeeding each pay ment On that day witness paid into Ingham's hands $2,400 The next payment, he said, was made to Ingham on March 11 and was $1,100. Ingham had been told that Deputy Col lector Downey had been bribed and that there need be no fear from tha Lancaster end. On the 9th of April witness made another payment of $3,004 to Ingham and Kendig waa told that $2.00 would be paid to McManua and Burns on the following day. Kendig at thla time demanded the name of the unknown gobetween designated aa "No I," but Ingham declined to disclose hli Identity. He aald, however, that Ken dig would be protected In the event of anything happening to him (Ingham). He told Kendig that he would write a letter to Mra. Ingham, hia wife, explain. ,lng that on a certain date of each month "No. 8" and a man named Ken dig would call at his house with a package of money, which waa to be di vided. Hia share, of which hia wife 'would be Informed, was $600. The hear ing waa then adjourned. Stave Brodla'a New Rival. Marinette, Wis., May 2. Mitchell Pe tars, a drunken Shawnee Indian, was carried over the Sturgeon Falls, the moat dangeroua place In the Menomi nee river region, Tueaday. He Jumped on a moving log to crosa the river, and the log drifted to the falla. The falls are about forty feet high and the log ging crew, thinking him drowned, did not even search for his body. Tester day morning he appeared for break faat uninjured with tha exception of a fen aeraJcbee. VIFEO OUT A TOVI CYCLONE'S AWFUL WORK AT KIRKSVILLE. MO. Ovar Four Hundred Buildings Ara Demoliehed and a Thouaand People Injured. FRIENDS. Sa. Louie. Mo.. May t. A apecial to the Globe-Democrat from Kirkaville, Mo., saya: A gathering storm that had been threatening all afternoon broke on thla place at 6:30 p. m. in all the fury of cyclone, over a patch a quarter of mile wide, aweeping the prairie clean. Four hundred homes and mercantile establishments were leveled to the ground. In the heavy rain which followed the people who had escaped turned out to rescue the Injured. For two hours not much was accomplished, as all was con. fusion, but by 8 o'clock twenty-five. dead bodies had been taken from th ruins. It is confidently expected that the list of dead will reach between fifty and sixty. If not exceed that. Almost 1,000 people were more or less Injured. Specials to the Globe-Democrat from Klrksville, Mo., give the list as killed, ao far as known, as follows: William B. Howell, American school of osteopathy. Mrs. W.H. Bourne, wife of a student. James Weaver, nr., retired contractor. Theodore Hrlgham, merchant. Ed Beeman, boy. Mrs. W. H. Green and daughter, Miss Bessie. Mrs. Henry Billlngton. A. W. Glaze. Mrs. Ben Green. Mrs. John Larkln, Mrs. T. Mahaffy. Mrs. C. Woods. A. Little. Mrs. A. Little. Joe Woods. Mrs. Joe Woods. A. W. Raint-rholt. Mrs. A. W. lialnschott. C. A. Gibbg. Mrs. C. A. uioom. A. C. Ileal. James Cunningham. Mrs. Mitchell. Reported killed: Mr. Teik. Mr. Anderson, Mr. Stephens. Dr, timings. Colonel Little and family. Mrs. I'ensi hott and child. Known Injured: Mr. and Mrs. Denla ton, Mrs. Hobson, Harry Mitchell, Mary Mitchell, Miss Evans, Sam Wcaver.Wlll Parks, two lngalls brothers, Willis Kel logg. Reported injured; Maud Waddell.Mrs. T. Bullock. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Kirk, A. L. Peal, W. S. Smith, Mrs. Hen nons, Mrs. Milllan, Mrs. A. J. Miller, Duain Mills, Andrew Roberts. Ernest Mills, Esther Little, lna Green, Wil liam Btapg, Mrs. John Barley, A. C. Bowman, Mrs. Mary Roarahan, A. T. Cook, Beeman, child; Aubury Green. Intense darkness prevailed after the cyclone and the rescuers were at a dis advantag for a short time, until fire broke out in a dozen places In the ruins and shed light over the scene. No attempts were made to extinguish the fires, partly because the rescuers bad no time and partly because of tha need of light. On both sides of the storm's path tha debris was died hiah and burned fiercely. In all probability a number of bodies have been incinerated The storm frst struck the eastern part of 'he city, "in that part occupied by the boarding houses of the students of the American School of OHteopathy, late normal school and McWards tem Inary. It was Just supper time for he stu dents and It Is thought very probable the list -if dead fll be well flMed with etudents. it a large number of these boarding houses were demolished. As far as known tonight these three Institutions of learning escaped the norm. A MISSOURI FAMILY KILLED. Stepaon of the Murdered Woman Accused of the Crime. Dexter, Mo. (Special.) Mra. Jane Tettaton, a widow, and her four chil dren, two boys and two girls, ranging in age ftom to 12 years, were mur dered In their home, seventeen mllea south of Maiden. Tuesday, and theli bodies partially consumed in the fire that destroyed the house. J, H. Tettaton, a stepson of Mra. Tettaton, who has hitherto borne a good reputation, haa been arrested on suspicion of having committed the crime. gome time ago Wash Tettaton, a man of considerable means, died, leaving an estate, the greater part of which waa bequeathed to Mra. Jane Tettaton, hia aecond wife. J. H. Tettaton, bla aon by hia first wife, waa appointed admin istrator. Hia management of tha es tate was not satisfactory to Mra. Tet taton, and aa a reault several sulta were brought. Tuesday, however, Mra. Tettatlon agreed to dismiss the aulta for a cash consideration of U40 and to cancel claim held upon laada belong ing to tbe estate. J. H. Tettatoa want to bla etapmothe'a home Tueaday to adjust matters and that waa the laal seen of the widow and her children alive. Washington, D. a, May I. The vlalt af Geaeral Mllea to tha White houae. II aa been found, waa for the purpose of QOnaUluag wiia tne V wmjmi w lac tha appointment of tha geaaral'a bob aa a member of aext yaara eiaaa at Want rotet. IOWA NEWS NOTES. A private cablegram announeee Corporal R. L. Daley of company li of Council Bluffi has died of wouade received In battle before Calumplt. The boycott placed by the tabor ua iona upon the Grand opera houae la Sioux City has been raised and all dif ference! have been satisfactorily set tled. It la announced In Iowa political clr. clea that Judge Caldwell of Arkansae. circuit Judge of the Eighth circuit. In cluding Iowa, la to retire in a few months of account of failing health and that Judge O. P. Khlras of Dubuque, now district Judge of the northern Iowa district, will succeed him. Shlras la a brother of Supreme Judge Shlras. Craig L. Wright of Sioux City and W. A. Helzell of Odebolt are out for the ap pointment to succeed Shlras. Congressman Dolllver. while at Dea Moines on his way to New York, an nounced that the Iowa delegation will solidly support Colonel Henderson of Dubuque for speaker. He cays the del egation will meet In Des M ilnea In about a week to confer and lay plans for conducting the campaign. Mr. Dol llver says Henderson will be at the front among western candidates and has excellent chances, Judging from let ters received from all owr the country. After being In session all day at OU tumwa last week, the scale committee Df the miners and ( peratois fg the cen. tral field agreed and reported to tha convention a lung set of resolutions which the Joint, conference adopted. The agreement Is a decided victory for tna miners, they securing all thi y demand ed, an eight-hour day with nine hours pay, which means $1.'J per day (while at work) fur company hands and driv ers. The agreement Is In effect May 1 and continues until April 1, l!o0. The price for mining was fixed at 75 cents per ton for screened coal and 50 cents for mine run. The miners secured a few concessions and are Jubilant over their victory. Archibald Schlvullor, who was sev aii'J brutally beaten into eral weeks uriconK('iounr.fss by three young, rnsn and then left to almost freeze In a cold barn, died Monday as a ret-ult of his njurles. The young men, whose names re Mlze, Wood and Mil hell, have been held under bond i n a . haige of assault with Intent 'o do trreat bodily Injury nd will probably now be arrested and icld on a charge of murder in the first t-gree. The case haa attracted a great deal of attention In that section of tha country, fcc hlvaller was an innocent nd well known farmer and had coma o town to do sonic trading Saturday iflernoon. While at the feed stable pra paring to return he was attacked by three young men without apparent cause other than pure deviltry, beaten Into insensibility and thrown Into a horse stall, where he was found next morning, stiff and frozen and uncon scious from pain and exposure. He was taken to a hotel In town and given the best of care. He never regained hia strength, though he seemed to rally at times. The assault occuired about five weeks ago. Dos Moines, fi. (Special.) Word rorritu from Savannah that the Forty ninth lowa will be mustered out there on May 13 and that the regiment will not return to this city In a body. S. V. Wardell, secretary of the Du lulh A New Orleans railroad, appeared before the directors of the Commercial exchange and explained to the board the route which the road proposed to take If Inducements are offered to bring It through LH-s Moines. The portion of road td be built this year extends from Des Moines to Osage, and It Is said that the company's Intention Is to complete the road in time to care for state fair traffic. It as the original Intention to build the line six miles east of Dea Moines, but Wardell saya that If tha i-lty will insure the road a free right of way it will include Des Moines In Its route. The bonded Indebtedness of the line will ..ol exceed $12,000 per mile, fetrel raiis sixty teet long and with miter Joints are to be used. The Odd r'ellows of central Iowa gathered In Des Moines Wednesday ts celebrate the eigntieth anniversary of the founding of their order. Special trains brougnt in ..oo outsiders. Tha parade, whicn was (he public feature of the day, saw 2.000 in line. Tha meeting ended with a great uollr meeting ad dressed by tne mayor and promlnenl Odd Fellows. A large number ot Iowa Masons gath ered In the city last week to attend tha special reunion ot Scottish Rite Ma sons held for the purpose of conferring degrees upon a luige class ot candl latea. The meeting closed Friday even ing. L. E. Weltllng of Omaha and several other Nebraskana were vlaltora The Canadian Dry Gooda Review laya American manufacturers of silk end felt hata are cutting out the Eng. Ilah gooda in the Dominion. The output of metala in Canada for UM haa been reported to the atate de partment at Washington. The total la put at $21,622,402. The gold amounted to 111,700,000, of which $10,000,000 came from the Yukon district. Sliver came to about 12,(00,000; copper, tt.lM.Me; nickel, $l,MO,83, lead, $l,204,m, and Iron, $161,610 The production of copper haa Increased considerably, but that of lead haa fallen off. So haa tha output of silver and aabeatoe. Washington Star: "Do you think ha will proposer 'asked her mother. "Ha wiu If I want him to," anawerad tha daughter, for tha modern girl la nam ally quMt conscious of her own power.